The St. Edward Eagles are taking a road trip to challenge the St. Vincent-St. Mary Fighting Irish at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in St. Edward's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points every time they've taken the court this season.
On Saturday, St. Edward beat Fairview 74-65. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 37th, while the Warriors are ranked 147th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, St. Vincent-St. Mary fought the good fight in their overtime game against Lutheran East on Wednesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell to the Falcons 79-74. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Sunday (56), the Fighting Irish still had to take the loss.
St. Edward's win bumped their record up to 9-3. As for St. Vincent-St. Mary, they now have a losing record at 4-5.
St. Edward took their victory against St. Vincent-St. Mary in their previous meeting back in December of 2023 by a conclusive 86-65. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Edward since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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